Post-build cleaning in Reading.

This is the clean that follows construction, renovation or a refit. Dust from cutting plasterboard, sanding timber and drilling masonry is much finer than the dust in a lived-in house, and static holds it onto every surface it lands on. Domestic kit does not shift it. Post-build kit does.

The scope is everything reachable: walls, ceilings, floors, glass, tile, fittings, vents, sockets, rails and window tracks. Plaster splashes on tile, paint on glass, silicone smears on worktops and mortar on flooring are all inside that scope rather than extras on top of it.

It is normally the final job on the programme before handover, whether that is to a family moving back in, a landlord getting a property re-let, or a business taking keys to a unit. It is the difference between a build that is finished and one that merely stopped.

The work runs top down, room by room, in an order that does not drop dust onto surfaces already finished. That sequencing is what separates a post-build clean from a very long tidy up.

Vacuuming is done with HEPA filtered machines rather than domestic vacuums, which push the finest dust straight back into the room through the exhaust. Walls, ceilings, rails and light fittings all get vacuumed. Dust left on a ceiling drops as soon as the heating goes on, which is why a skipped ceiling means the customer cleaning again a fortnight later.

Hand wiping follows the vacuum, surface by surface: damp microfibre on most things, specific products for glass, tile and stainless steel. Sockets, switch plates, trims and vent grilles are done individually, because that is the only way they get done at all.

Builders marks come next. Plaster on tile, paint flecks on glass, silicone left on a worktop, mortar smeared across a floor, each with the right product behind it. A blade is used on glass where paint or sealant has cured hard. Natural stone gets stone-safe products rather than whatever was under the sink.

Glass is cleaned on the inside and, where it can be reached safely, outside as well. Tracks are vacuumed and then wiped. Vent covers and extract grilles come off, get cleaned, and go back on.

Floors are last: vacuum, then mop, polish or steam depending on what has been laid. Anything that was sheeted over during the build gets uncovered, checked and cleaned before handover.

Some builders include a clean in their price. Plenty do not, and it lands on you in the final week, alongside everything else that lands in the final week.

Through us the clean is booked around your handover date, and the team is briefed on the scope before it quotes, so the figure is based on the actual property rather than a guess over the phone.

We also match the job. A domestic refurbishment in Caversham and a commercial fit-out off the Oxford Road with a fixed opening date are different pieces of work wanting different crew sizes.

The introduction is free to you. The team prices it to you, or to the builder where the builder is footing it, and pays us after the job.

We do not do this work ourselves. For post-build cleaning we refer to specialist teams who cover Reading. Some are based in the town and some travel in to it, which is normal in a trade where the equipment is expensive and the work is not steady enough to keep a firm in every town.

Before we refer anybody we check three things at the point of referral, not off a list from last year: that public liability cover is current, that waste carrier registration is in place where the job produces controlled waste, and that a DBS check is held where the property is occupied. When we ring you we name the firm and tell you what we checked and on what date.

First choice for post-build cleaning: a Thames Valley team that travels into Reading. For post-build we lead with the team that can put the most people on site at once, because these jobs are squeezed between the last trade leaving and a handover date that rarely moves.

Also on the list: a vetted specialist team covering Reading and a second vetted team on the same list. Which one we suggest depends on what the job needs and who has capacity that week.

What we check before each kind of referral: a Thames Valley team that travels into Reading: Checked the same way again, and useful for long jobs or anything needing a bigger crew than a Reading round can free up. a vetted specialist team covering Reading: Before any introduction we check public liability cover and waste carrier registration, plus DBS status wherever somebody still lives there. a second vetted team on the same list: Checked on the same three points, and called on when the first team is committed elsewhere or the case wants a different skill set. We publish no certification or membership on any firm's behalf. If a credential matters to your insurer, ask them for it directly.

You do not have to take the firm we suggest. On the call we explain why we picked them and you decide. You pay the firm direct at their price, and we add nothing to it.